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<p>Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Click to edit Master title style,Copyright 2007 Foreign Language Department of CUEB,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Copyright 2007 Foreign Language Department of CUEB,Unit 3 The Land of the Lock,GO,Quit,Contents,Listening,Watching,Thinking&Speaking,1,Intensive Reading,2,Reading skill,3,Writing skill&practice,4,Translation techniques&practice,5,Learning in Fun,6,Supplementary Exercises,7,BACK,Quit,Listening Watching Thinking&Speaking,Thingking,&,Speaking,CNN News,Audio,BACK,Issues After Killings at Virginia Tech,Listening to the recording carefully and try to retell the topic as much as possible.Then have the discussion with your classmates on the followings,:,Violence and crime on campus and security problems,Mental and psychological problems and school-safety,American Dun culture and Gun law,Gun control and social security,What is your opinion on the issue?,BACK,New Words,Intensive Reading,Text organization,1.,Writing Features,2.,Language Focus&Special Difficulties,3.,Appreciation of highlights,4.,Supplementary Exercises,5.,BACK,Text organization,The text is organized in three parts.They are as follows:,Part one,(paras 1-3):In the U.S.A the era of leaving the front door on the latch has been over.,Part two,(paras 4-15):A new atmosphere of fear and distrust creeps into our daily life,so security devices in various forms are put into use.,Part three,(para 16-19):By locking our fear out,we become prisoners of ourselves.,BACK,Writing Features,When we read,we are not only learning new vocabulary or structures,but also looking for key information.Identifying keywords is even more important if our reading time is not that plentiful.“lock”is the keyword in this text,by locating lockthroughout the text,we get a pretty good idea of what this essay is about.,There are several examples of comparison and contrast in this article:Para 1 vs Para 4,Para 10 vs.Para 11,Para12 vs.Para 13.the first pair acts as the opening of the whole piece of writing.The latter two are just two supporting details for the central argument.,BACK,Language Focus and Special Difficulties,1.on the latch:closed but not locked,e.g.1)Dont forget to leave the front door on the latch before I come back.,翻译:你自己进来吧,门没有上锁。,BACK,2.close up:,a.shut completely;block,e.g.1)The old road has been closed up for repairs.,2)All summer schools have now been closed up.,翻译:商店就要关门了,我必须请你离开。,e nearer to each other,e.g.The teacher told the children to close up to each other.,c.cause to close for the night or a short time,4.hook up(to):to connect something to a supply of gas,electricity,etc,;connect places by radio or telephone,e.g.1)The cooker has arrived but it hasnt been hooked up to the gas supply yet.,2)The alarm system in the banks are often hooked up to the local police station.,3)The engineers are preparing to hook up the capitals of many friendly countries so that they can all receive the Queens Christmas broadcast at the same time.,7.put up:a.construct(a wall,building,tent,or other structures),e.g.1)Protesters have been putting up barricades across a number of major intersections.,翻译:你知道如何支帐篷吗?,b.fix something(poster or notice)to a wall or board,e.g.They are putting new street signs up.,c.put up the price of sth:cause to increase,e.g.Their friends suggested they should put up their prices.,BACK,8.occur to sb:(of and idea)to come to sbs mind,e.g.1)Just as I was leaving the house,it occurred to me that I had forgotten my keys.,2)Didnt it occur to you to ask permission first?,翻译:我突然想起我以前见过她。,9.take over:,a.gain control of(something),Larger companies are taking over smaller firms by buying their shares.,b.accept(something or duty,responsibility,etc.)(from someone else),Who will take over the leadership of the party next time,c.put sb up or sb put up somewhere:stay for one or more nights,I wanted to know if she could put me up for a few days.,BACK,13.stand for:,a.represent;mean,e.g.That newspaper is often thought to stand for freedom of speech.,b.hold(an opinion);support,Before we elect her to Congress,we want to know what she stands for.,c.put up with(用于否定句),I wont stand for any more of her rudeness,I shall ask her to leave my house.,14.Our neighborhoods are bathed in high-intensity light,we do not wan to afford ourselves even so much a luxury as a shadow.:我们的居住区处在强光源 的照射之下;我们哪怕连像阴影 这样小小的享受也不想给自己.,BACK,15.be bathed in:,a.cover sth with sth such as light or water,The fields and woods were bathed in a golden light at sunrise.整个海滩沐浴在阳光里。,b.to wash oneself or swim(in water),She bathed her feet in warm water to relieve the pain.,16.look back on:remember;think about the past,When you look back on your life,what moments would you cherish the most?,翻译:永远不要回顾过去,你不能使往昔重现。,Never look back.You cant relive the past.,BACK,Appreciation of highlights,1.It is not uncommon,in the most pleasnat of homes,to see pasted on the windows small notices announcing that the premises are under surveilance by this security force or that guard company.,2.It is the insurance companies that pay for stolen goods,but who is going to pay for what the new atmosphere of distrust and fear is doing to our way of life?,3.Who is going to make the psychic payment for the transformation of America from the Land of the Free to the Land of the Lock.,4.we have become so used to defending ourselves against the new atmosphere of American life,so used to putting up barriers,that we have not had time to think about what it may mean.,5.Why are we having to barricade ourselves against our neighbors and fellow citizens,and when exactly,did this start to take over our lives?,BACK,6.It was such a relief to solve this problem that we did not think much about what such a state of affairs says about the quality of our lives.,7.In dealing with the unseen horrors among us,we became prisoners of ourselves.,BACK,Extension,of highlights,1.Statistics show the crime rate rising more dramatically in those allegedly tranquil areas than in cities.,E.g.1)The table shows the economic growth rate rising more sharply in southwest coastline cities than in northwest areas.,2We may have locked the evils out,but in so doing we have locked ourselves in.,E.g.As friends,we may help him out every time when he is in trouble,but in so doing we will encourage him to develop the habit of relying on others.,3.The machines are supposed to tell the businessman,whether his friend or client is telling lies.E.g.1)Money spent on education is supposed to rise,not fall,in the next few years.,2)He was supposed to go back to London on the last bus,but of course the accident prevented him.,BACK,Supplementary Exercises,1)关闭 close up,2)的时代结束 the era of is over,3)连接到 hook up to,4)甚至连都没 without so much as,5)接管 take over,6)被想到 occur to,7)代表 stand for,8)沉浸在之中 be bathed in,9)聪明反被聪明误 outsmart oneself,10)回顾过去 look back on,BACK,11)设置障碍 put up barriers,12)不让靠近 keep at bay,13)保安 the security guard,14)内嵌 build in,15)电子报警系统 electronic alarm system,16)无论如何 at any rate,17)以极小的误差 with/by a small margin,18)防盗锁 dead-bolt locks,19)说谎 tell lies,BACK,</p>
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